Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her
Source: Politico
A woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.
The woman, a 41-year-old Maine resident named Jenny Racicot, detailed the alleged incident to POLITICO in three interviews over the past two weeks. POLITICO also spoke with a man Racicot dated and confided in the years after the alleged incident, and reviewed documents, including emails between Racicot and her therapist and messages between Racicot and an acquaintance whom she warned against getting involved with Platner years before he ran for office.
Racicot said she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner, who is now the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, for more than two years before he entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after telling him the encounter was not consensual.
“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” she said. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.’”
Platner denied the allegations.
“These allegations are troubling, serious, and false. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue,” he said in a statement.
Racicot previously described “reckless” and “unsettling” behavior by Platner to The New York Times, but says she didn’t go public with the specific assault claim because she didn’t want to be known as a rape victim.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737
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But I recall almost being tombstoned before the primary for not wanting to vote for him citing these exact issues. But I was castigated for "purity testing" this guy, which I was not.
So don't blame me that everyone else was head over heals for a the guy, I was not and this is exactly why.
Shiny new object makes many leave the sensible choices behind.
Ont the coast, moved away in my early teens. Came back last year, now in the north woods and loving it. Coming home wasn't all that hard after all.
I voted in Maine for the first time this year and I was hoping for Mills to take the nomination. She is the only state-wide elected candidate who has won more than once. She said that all the 'novices' who had run against collins in the past lost to her.
If what's his name stays in, we'll see collins win again.
four within and hour. But that was then, this now and time for his fans to reflect on their enthusiasm for him. I feel vindicated, not happy about it but there it is.
Not sure what now. 
What is certain is that Democrats will likely not take over the US Senate. I HOPE I'M WRONG!
